What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made a helmet out of sticks and connectors.  (Adam)
2.  Today, I made Christmas windows.  (Justin)
3.  Today, I made a reindeer with my hand print.  I put decorations on it.  (Mason)
4.  Today, Emma and I made a house made out of Lego.  It was Santa's Claus' house.
5.  Today, we read the whole morning message.  We made Mme Carroll cry because we don't need her for the morning message.  (Victoria)

Note:
If you have empty wrapping paper rolls, would you kindly send them to school with your child?  We will put them to good use in January.  We are going to use them for a Science and Technology activity.  Thank you :)

Christmas is coming....

Today at school :

1. I went to the drawing center and I made a picture of Mary, Joseph in the stable.  I coloured the whole thing beautiful.  (Ayden)

2. I played a the building center.  I made a robot from snap cubes.  (Mikkel)

3.  I went to the play do center and I made a gingerbread man.  (Alicia)

4.  I played at the writing center . (Breeona)

5.  I went to the sand table and played with Allison.  (Parpar)

Note : Parents don't forget that our kindergarten Christmas concert is tomorrow, December 17th at 10:15 am in the school gym.  See you there !  Mrs. Mendonca

Dear Santa

Posted by Mrs. Mendonca

Today at school we wrote letters to Santa Claus.  We practiced writing some new sight words in our letter : mom, dad, me, love.  We also practiced using scissors as we cut out pictures of some gifts we are wishing for for Christmas.  We will be mailing our letters to Santa.  Take a look at some letters from a few friends in our class :

We also enjoyed some of the other Christmas centers today :

Here is one of our friends  reading a Christmas book at the reading center. 

At the dramatic play center we are retelling the story of Christmas using this wooden nativity set Mrs. Mendonca brought from home.

In the sensory bin, the friends are counting the various Christmas items.  Can you count how many gold Christmas balls are in the bin? Can you see any Christmas bows?

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I planned the pattern for my decoration and I made my decoration.  (Adam)
2.  Today, at the Art centre, I  put decorations on my ornament.  (Victoria)
3.  Today, we practised French words we can say at the flower shop:  "Bonjour!", "Merci", "Aide-moi", "fleur", "rose", "tournesol".  (Riya, Caleb, Breeona, Justin, Arjan, Victoria)
4.  Today, we explored magnets.  (Justin)
5.  Today, I drew a flower and I wrote the names of the things you need to grow a flower.  (Caleb)

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Posted by : Mrs. Mendonca

Christmas is fast approaching and we are getting very excited.  The children are enjoying learning Christmas songs, reading Christmas stories and playing at our Christmas centers.  This week we read a great book called, "The Bird in Santa's Beard".  It was a great book about Santa helping out a little bird who didn't fly south with all of his other bird friends.  He needed a warm place to stay, so he got comfy in Santa's beard.  It was a great book !


We also enjoyed writing Christmas words at the writing center. We got to write on special Christmas paper and we practiced our best writing.  Here are a few friends at the writing center :

They did some amazing work.  Here are some examples from Alicia and Alrizha :

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I learned how to do patterns.  I did patterns on a Christmas decoration.  (Alicia)
2.  Today, I built some robots.  (Mikkel)
3.  This morning, I learned new French.  I learned new French Christmas words.  And I made a person with two mouths.  (Mason)
4.  Today, I colored my germ busters.  (Ayden)
5.  Today, I measured  with Lego blocks.  (Olivia)

Note:

Blankets are being sent home.  Please wash them and return them to school Monday.  Have a great weekend!

What did you do today?

1. This morning, we learned about Christmas words in French.  (Mason)
2.  Today, I played with Arjan, Caleb, Cyrus and Adam.  We made a house.  (Ayden)
3.  Today, I helped Mme Carroll put on the numbers and the houses we made.  The houses and numbers are to count down to Jesus' birth.  (Alicia)
4.  Today, we sang a Santa Claus song in the classroom.  (Breeona)
5.  Today, I made a castle with Olivia and Par Par.  We used blocks.  (Riya)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I sang a French Christmas song, "Quand le Pere Noel vient me visiter".  (Alicia)
2.  Today, we went to the Learning Commons.  We listened to music for the first week of Advent.  (Cyrus)
3.  Today, we made a Christmas tree.  (Riya)
4.  Today, we made houses that looked like the houses in Bethlehem.  We will use those to decorate our door.  (Arjan)
5.  Today, we wrote numbers on purple squares.  We are using the numbers to count down to Jesus' birth.  (Elroei and Breeona)

What did you today?


1.  Today, we made a bird feeder.  I put Wow Butter and Cheerios on a paper roll.  (Bailee)
2.  Today, Mrs. Carroll made a perfect Christmas tree with short, medium and long strips of construction paper.  We are going to be making Christmas trees this afternoon.  (Breeona)
3.  This afternoon, we are going to hang up our bird feeders.  (Alicia)
4.  Today, we had a picnic snack on a blanket and we listened to some French songs.  (Caleb) 

What did you do today?

1.  Today,  at the Science table, I planned my bird feeder.  I am going to put Wow Butter, Cheerios and bird seed on a pipe cleaner.  (Ayden)
2.  Today, I made a train with shapes at the art centre.  (Elroei)
3.  Today, I made a dolphin at the art centre.  I used shapes.  (Victoria)
4.  Today, I read my friends' names.  (Cyrus)
5.  Today, with Arjan, I drew a picture of the bird feeder I am going to make.  I am going to use Cheerios, seeds and Wow Butter.  I am putting that on a paper roll. (Caleb)

Note:

We are soon going to be building bird feeders.  If you have juice or milk cartons at home, kindly send them in.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I put sparkles and letters in a bottle.  (Elroei)
2.  Today, I wrote "c'est".  (Mikkel)
3.  Today, I put food coloring in a water bottle.  I also put in letters.  (Caleb)
4.  Today, I played with the cubes.  Before, I made a plan.  (Ayden)
5.  Today, I sorted pine cones.  I practised my French words:  petite, moyenne, grosse.  (Adam)

Note:

Tomorrow is a PD day.  Have a good weekend!

What did you do today? 1. Today, I made an alien picture. I practised writing the word "c'est". (Caleb) 2. Today, with Bailee, I played in Loblaws. (Victoria) 3. Today, I made a picture of the ocean with a shark in it. I made the land with a butterfly. I practised the word "c'est". (Alicia) 4. Today, I used a planning sheet before building my guys.  (Arjan)

What did you do todsay? 1. Today, I wrote a list to go to the grocery store. It was in French. (Breeona) 2. Today, on the Smartboard, I drew lines, just like William Anastasie. (Elroei) 3. Today, I was at the reading centre looking at the family pictures. (Riya) 4. Today, I built a Transformer with cubes. It was a robot that changed into a plane. (Mathieu) 5. Today, I danced to the song "C'est le boogie woogie des chiffres". (Mason) Note: Your child's blanket has been sent home to be washed. Please return it Monday. Have a good weekend!

What did you do today? 1. Today, I sorted pinecones (cocottes): petites, moyennes et grosses. (Victoria) 2. Today, we sang a song about the days of the week. It was on the Smartboard. The song was in French. (Cyrus) 3. Today, I drew a car on my planning sheet. Then, I built it. (Bailee) 4. Today, I drew a rainbow. I wrote "C'est". (Adam) 5. Today, I was the queen of the day. I lined up first, I held the door and I turned on the lights. (Elroei)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I learned French words: petite, moyenne, grosse.  (Alicia)
2.  Today, I learned how to write "tow truck" (camion remorque).  (Caleb)
3.  Today, I wrote the word "c'est".  (Cyrus)
4.  Today, I drew a train.  I wrote "C'est un train."  (Justin)

Rewind...

Posted by : Mrs. Mendonca

We forgot to tell you all about our two great field trips we took in the past two weeks.  On Thursday, October 30th we visited Millers Farm.  We enjoyed hearing some great pumpkin and Halloween stories read by Mrs Miller.  She gave us a delicious, red apple to eat as a snack while we listened to the stories.  Next, we went on a tractor ride out to the pumpkin patch.  It was a muddy, bumpy ride! We saw so many pumpkins in all different shapes, sizes and colours.  When we got into the middle of the patch, we got off the wagon and went out to pick our very own pumpkin.  Then we headed back to the farm and got to play in the stacks of hey.  It was a great trip and we had so much fun.. Here are a few pictures from our trip :

This past week we also visited the Greenboro Library.  We had a great day to walk down to the library.  We learned all about the different things you can borrow from the library like books, videos, movies, music cds and even video games.  We also learned all about how to take care of the things that we borrow from the library.  If we want to borrow books from the library we need a library card.  Visit the Greenboro Library and they would be happy to make you a library card.  Thanks to all the parents who volunteered to help us on both the trips.  

Today at school :
 1. I went to the light center. (Bailee)
 2. I went to the light center and the grocery center. (Mathieu)
 3. I played at the block center with Arjan. (Ayden)
 4. I played with the cars and the dinosaurs. (Cyrus)
 5. I drew a picture of a little car and a big car at the art center. (Caleb)

 Note : We have been talking a lot about peace leading up to Remembrance Day.This week was Peace Week. We read a book called "Can you say Peace" and it was about how to say peace all over the world. In India we say "shanti", and that means peace. We also learned a new peace song called "Peace like a River". You can practice that song at home because it is now in the video section of the blog. Have a great weeekend ! (Mrs Mendonca)

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I built a house at the block centre.  (Arjan)
2.  Today, Lakota and I drew a picture of a castle.  (Breeona)
3.  Today, I practised my French letters with Mme Ouellette.  (Caleb)
4.  Today, at the Math centre, Mme Carroll helped me learn my French numbers.  (Justin)
5.  Today, on the Smartboard, we decided if things were "vivants"(living) or "non-vivants" (non-living).  (Victoria)

Note:

1.  We are walking to the Greenboro Library this Thursday.  Please ensure you return your child's permission form.  Any volunteers would be greatly appreciated.  If you are able to volunteer, please meet us at school at 10:30.

Rainy Tuesday !

Today at school : 1. I made a watch for my pumpkin. The pumpkin is on our class door. (Alicia) 2. I went to the block center and we made a tower, but it broke. I also went to the snack center. (Mason) 3. I was trying to make a road for airplanes to go up and down. (Olivia) 4. I went to the block center and I the toy car got into an accident. (Cyrus) 5. I went to the Halloween shop and I was playing with the cash register. (Breeona) Notes: Thank you to all the friends for collecting money for the dance-a-thon. Our class collected $223.00. Way to go !!!! Don't forget we are visiting the pumpkin patch on Thursday. It would be a great idea to wear rubber rain boots for the trip because it will be pretty muddy.

What did you do today?

1.  Today, I made a collage of things that are "living" (vivants) and "non-living" (non-vivants.)  Justin
2.  Today, we made a Halloween picture.  (Victoria and Lakota)
3.  Today, I made a robot with cubes.  (Arjan)
4.  Today, I made a monster.  I had tubes for the monster to push fire out.  (Mason)
5.  Today, I jumped to the French song "Saute, saute, mon ami".  (Alicia)  

Pumpkin Discovery

Posted by : Mrs Mendonca

This past week we discovered a lot about pumpkins.  As we are getting closer to our visit to Miller's Farm, we thought it would be fun to learn more about pumpkins.  In Language, we used descriptive language to describe the outside of the pumpkin.  We used our senses to describe how the pumpkin felt, smelled, looked and sounded...but we didn't taste it !  We also read a great book about the life cycle of a pumpkin and practiced putting the steps in order on the smartboard during center time. Check out the song about the life cycle of the pumpkin in the video section of our blog.  In Math, we practiced counting using pumpkin seeds.  Some friends in the class can already count past 50 !!  Way to go !!  We practiced our cutting skills using orange play dough.  We rolled it into snakes and balls and used scissors to cut through it.  We also started making tissue paper pumpkins to decorate our classroom door for Halloween next week.  Don't forget about the Halloween Dance-a-thon coming up this Friday.  We are going to wear our costumes and dance in the gym all to raise money to buy some great stuff for our school.  Have fun getting pledges from friends and family this week!

A whole lot of apples !

Written By Mrs. Mendonca

This week was a short week after the Thanksgiving long weekend, but it was busy. In Language we are continuing to practice writing and recognizing our names.  We also added our first two sight words to the word wall, "a" and "I". We can recognize these two words in the morning message! In the dramatic play center, we have created a Halloween shop. We have costumes, and decorations up and all the friends are enjoying taking turns at this center. We also read many great stories this week including Curious George Flies a Kite, which got all of us curious to build our own kites.  We uses supplies such as string, paper, popsicle sticks, glue, scissors and tape to create our very own kites at the Art Center.  We also learned a lot about apples this week.  We continued to enjoy singing our apple song (the video is posted in the video tab), and we even had an apple taste testing center.  All our friends had the chance to taste apples and graph which one was their favourite.  Take a look at the picture to see the results of our graph.